Uttar Pradesh recorded excise revenue of over ₹35,000 crore in the first eight months (April-November) of the current financial year (FY26).
The annual target of the state excise department is ₹63,000 crore in revenue; in the first eight months, the state has logged nearly 55 per cent of this target at ₹35,144 crore.
UP's excise kitty witnessed a significant jump from around ₹17,000 crore in FY17 to ₹53,000 crore in FY25. The ₹35,144 crore collected in the April-November period in FY26 is ₹4,742 crore or 16 per cent higher than the revenue collected in the corresponding period in FY25.
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